69dejavue Posted July 12, 2008 Report Share Posted July 12, 2008 Watch the video. This certainly does not apply solely to Shelbys but I hope it is informative for all and hopefully prevent a tragedy. http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGT/SC2873 Posted July 12, 2008 Report Share Posted July 12, 2008 Wow, thanks for the post. I took my 97 Cobra in this morning to have f/e aligned and shop would not do it, found what appears to be a belt separating. Tires have 9/32 tread and car does not get driven much, 34,000 miles. I left and went by tire dealer who came out and took one look and said "I'll have you a new tire on Monday". I was fully prepared to argue...thankfully, I didn't have to (Riken Raptor tire) BFG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69dejavue Posted July 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2008 My sister in AZ viewed this and checked her tires. She has a 3 year old Toyota Highlander and just had new tires in Feb. 2008. One tire was made in 2000. The tire is already 8 years old and has been on the car less than 6 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHELBYBRO Posted July 12, 2008 Report Share Posted July 12, 2008 Very scary stuff. I will be checking all the tires on my vehicles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastor Passum Posted July 12, 2008 Report Share Posted July 12, 2008 Thanks for posting. I had no idea the manufacture date was encoded on the tire and will check dates on all my tires. I wonder if this applies to motorcycle tires also. I usually wear out tires quickly as I accumulate a lot of miles quickly but knowing the mfg date will be helpful. More important on a bike than a car actually IMHO. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatboy Posted July 13, 2008 Report Share Posted July 13, 2008 W O W :blink: thats insane. i guess i better go look at mine. thanks for the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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